Board of Directors

Therese Nolasco - Chair
Social Impact Consultant

Katherine O'Connor - Vice-Chair
Senior Project Management Coordinator, The Getty Museum

Sean (Hooman) Afzali - Treasurer
CPA, MBA - Consultant at Parker and Lynch

Mark Mittmann
CCO, Canterbury Consulting, Inc.

Benson Riseman
President & CEO at BENSEA Enterprises, LLC

Create Now is currently in the process of recruiting new board members.

Staff

Jill Gurr - Founder and Executive Director

Ruby Medina - Director of Programs and Operations

Mohammad Sharifi Isfahani - Program Assistant/Bookeeper

Laura Kelly - AmeriCorps VISTA Program Assistant

Kelly Noonan - AmeriCorps VISTA Development Assistant

Advisory Board

Gerry Bryant
Culturist and Arts & Entertainment Attorney

Leticia Rhea Buckley, Board Member Emeritus
Marketing Director, Los Angeles County Arts Commission

Vivian Campbell
Lead Guitarist, Def Leppard and Thin Lizzy

Tasha Caulfield
Create Now Alumnus, Comedian and Film Critic

Ken Kragen, Board Member Emeritus
Producer: "Hands Across America," "We Are the World"

Mark Schulman
Drummer with P!nk and Foreigner